Vallejo People's Garden 

On Monday 2/25/13 from 10am-12noon at the VPG (corner of East Poplar Avenue and Oscar Street, Mare Island), we will have an informal gathering of gardeners and wannabe gardeners. Make new friends and share gardening tips. Bring a plant to share or exchange and bring your bag lunch. Topic to start things off: How to grow citrus trees successfully.

                        Here they are making colorful labels for the plants.                                         Our youngest member of the group.

Thanks to the students from California Maritime Academy who came to help us move the huge mound of soil we needed to move in preparation for our meditative garden. We look forward to the collaborative effort in helping Cal Maritime get their organic garden going on campus.

A front yard garden of tree collards and other delights found while walking through West Oakland Do you remember the last time you took enjoyment out of a lawn? They're a lot of work to tame/maintain , not especially pleasing visually , and are honestly a bit boring. Wouldn't it be cool if you could replace your dead grass with some yummy high-y ield leafy greens , fruit trees, and berry bushes? You don't even need to pay money to get rid of the lawn --cover it up with containers or raised beds and forget it exists . Imagine entire neighborhoods full of life, color, and edible landscaping. This would solve the problem of food deserts (neighborhoods without any grocery stores or with a lack of fresh produce), allow residents to grow their own nutritious vegetables and fruits which will save money on food bills, and utilize space that is already there ! You can make new friends anytime someone walks by to admire the sight, develop a good rapport with other grower...

Vallejo People’s Garden will be open for volunteering in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.   National Day of Service Tuesday January 15, 2013 Open Hours:  2:00pm – 5:30pm Volunteers will help clean out and prepare the greenhouse for spring, harvest winter vegetables, weed, fix walkways with decomposed granite, plant tree cuttings, and plant tomato seeds.    Wear sturdy shoes and bring garden gloves if you have them. Everybody is welcome!   Come pitchfork in!

  So many good things have happened to us this week. First, a neighbor donates this beautiful aquaponic system to us at the VPG.  Vegetables can be grown in the horizontal containers that is lined with lava rock and filled with water while fish can be grown in the bottom 55 gallon container. Water is cycled throughout the system to hold the fish, filter the water, and water the plants. So cool! Second,  Saint Vincent's Community Garden also in Vallejo, CA have partnered with the Global Center for Success and Vallejo People's Garden to create more spaces for gardening, opportunities for education, and beautification of urban, empty lots. Third, we went beyond the VPG to the Reynaissance Family Center--a homeless shelter for women and children--to help them grow their own garden. Little Michael was a natural at planting greens. Trina and Tom putting together a recycled shelf for the new greenhouse at the Reynaissance Center. Little J...

Whitney and Jessy propagating collards that will go to a local homeless shelter for families. While it was pouring down rain outside, these two said they felt like little girls playing inside the greenhouse. Gardening IS fun--even when you're gardening in the rain.